Revisions 2, Photogenic Painting - Gerard Fromanger, Writings by Gilles Deleuze and Michel Faucault

by Sarah Wilson, Michel Foucault, Gerard Fromanger

The second in the Revisions series presents Gilles Deleuze's analysis of the relationship between the painter and his model as eroticised 'merchandise' within consumer society. Despite Fromanger's subject matter--he represents a politicised, post May 68 Paris--his paintings are given titles which refer only to paint colours. These colours, too, according to Deleuze, become part of the 'simulacra' of exchange. Michel Foucault's text re-examines the painting versus photography debate from ingres to the era of hyper-realism. Adrian Rifkin's critical introduction situates these texts and images historically while relating them to Fromanger's painting today.

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sarah Wilson is a Professor at the Courtauld Institute, London.

Reviews

[Meadow Dallaway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really amazing, sort of incomprehensible, probably could read much more smoothly with a translation revision

[Cihan Yigit · Rating 5 out of 5]

so good :)